NAVALIA´s third edition close its doors with the construction of new vessels of 3.500 millions

More than 4.000 visitor companies have been represented during the event looking for new commercial agreements. The exhibition president, José Francisco González Viñas, ensures that before the 1st of august of this year, the Ria´s Shipyards will have new orders.

The third edition of the international naval industry exhibition will end with good news for the businessmen. This afternoon the economy and industry Counsellor, Javier Guerra, has closed the event that ends with a provisional business volume of 7.000 millions of Euros. NAVALIA´s president José Francisco González Viñas has ensure it in the event, and he pointed out that although it’s early to talk about definitive details, this data it’s divided in 3 parts. In the first place, NAVALIA will help to materialize agreements that have been started before the exhibition. In the shipyard’s case, for example, the agreements are waiting for the legal services of each part to finalize the conditions for furthering the contracts. These operations represent approximately the 30% of the business volume generated during NAVALIA. In the other side, half of those 7.000 millions will be reflected in the agreements signed or started during the exhibition, in other words, new vessels construction contracts. In this sense, Mr. Viñas ensures that “before the 1st of august of this year, all the Vigo´s Shipyards will have new orders for new ships construction”. Finally the agreements between naval auxiliary industry will suppose the 20% of the final assembly. In this sense, is important to remark the visit of the Brazilian and Indian delegations, two countries with a promising future and that bets on the naval industry, but they are looking for our companies experience. For example the Brazilian project will be useful for stimulating the Galician exports; due to the new vessel construction planned in the country will need the Galician manufactured components, and even our labour force. Professional visitors. Mr. Viñas also confirmed the visitors number predicted by the organization team, more than 25.000 professionals of which “a 30% were foreigner, this percentage guarantee the organization work during the last two years introducing NAVALIA in the most important international exhibitions all over the world. Between the most representative countries that involve the biggest visitor’s number, we need to emphasize the international attending of Portugal (by proximity), Germany, France, Norway, Argentina and Brazil. We need to remark too the presence of companies and professionals coming from Morocco, Australia, India and Japan. Finally, the exhibition president said that the visitors Number “can be translated too as the presence of more than 4.000 visitor companies. These companies came to NAVALIA looking for new business and contracts.

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